East Cambridgeshire District Council

Rural Settlement List 2018/19

(under s42A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988)

All businesses located within the following settlements within East Cambridgeshire area are deemed to be within a rural settlement (i.e. settlements appearing to have a population of less than 3,000 at 31st December 2017).

The boundaries of the settlements listed are, for the purpose of the 2018/19 list, defined by the ‘development envelopes’ on the April 2015 Policies Map (which itself is associated with the April 2015 Local Plan for East Cambridgeshire), available here:

The purpose of preparing the list is in relation to Business Rate Relief. In short, you could (if you apply) get Rural Rate Relief if your business is in a settlement as listed. Such rural rate relief means that you won’t pay business rates if your business is in an eligible settlement and either:

the only village shop or post office, with a rateable value of up to £8,500

the only public house or petrol station, with a rateable value of up to £12,500